In Which I Spend an Entire Post Talking About How I Didn’t Get Doughnuts
Have I ever mentioned that I love Dunkin’ Donuts? I do indeed love Krispy Kreme as well. In fact, I’ve never met a raised doughnut I didn’t like to be perfectly honest. However, when I was a kid we went to Dunkin’ Donuts on a regular basis and my very favorite doughnut there was the Bavarian Creme. I would always always ALWAYS get a Bavarian Creme doughnut there. (For those of you who don’t know that doughnut, it’s basically a Boston Creme with powdered sugar on it instead of chocolate.) In my later years, I also came to love the Vanilla Creme doughnuts, and those were my two very favorite doughnuts in the big wide world.
I don’t actually go to Dunkin’ Donuts very often anymore. They’re not located anywhere that is very convenient for me to go there on even a semi-regular basis, but every now and again, I’ll get a craving and I’ll make a special trip. So several weeks ago, I got a craving and headed over to the closest shop with LG and promises of “doughnuts!” I got there and it. was. CLOSED! For remodeling! Until the “end of June” it said! Okay, it was about mid-June, so I figured I’d wait a couple of weeks and try again. (I’m not mentioning the crying and carrying on and the trip to another store that also was closed for remodeling that took place on that same day. Oh, and the crying wasn’t me. On the outside at least. )
So, early July arrives, and I make another trip to the store. Which is still closed! And the sign still says re-opening in late June. Um, wha? I tried to find some info, but no luck. However a couple of weeks later, I read an article in the local paper that said they’d be reopening August 15. Well, finally!
So, August 15 (that would be last Friday) arrives. LG and I had several errands, so I left that one until near the end of our trip thinking that by 10 am, the crowds would have thinned out. Well, we drove up and there were signs and a big giant coffee cup…and a line all the way out to the parking lot. I decided we’d try again this week when things would surely be calmer.
So, we went this morning. Still a line out the door, but I decided to brave it anyway. However, by the time we got up to the counter, they were out of Bavarian Cremes and Vanilla Cremes. Very, very, very sad. I got LG a jelly and me a sugared raised and we took our sorry bag of two doughnuts and went home, my dreams of a half dozen cream-filled doughnuts dashed. They were still very good, don’t get me wrong, they just weren’t what I had dreamed of.
So, we’ll wait another couple of weeks and try again after the excitement of the reopening has died down a bit. And I will get my cream-filled doughnuts. I will, I will, I will!
Comment by Marlene
August 18, 2008 @ 9:08 pm
I believe they have free coffee until the 22nd, so try again after that!
Comment by jen
August 19, 2008 @ 8:09 am
I think I may be one of the very few people who don’t looooove doughnuts. They’re okay, but…eh. ;)